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This page contains philatelic information on Turksat (TURKish SATellite) series. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Turksat (Turkey) | Turksat (Turkey) | Turksat (Turkey) |
Below is a list of Turksat-series postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Turksat (Turkey) | ||||
| Madagascar | 1173Rt (BL253A) i1173Rt (BL253B) | In (upper) margin of SS1 (1173K), gold foil In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 (i1173K), gold foil | 1994 | "Turksat"-1 |
| Mali | BL_IVA BL_IVB | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 1996 | "Turksat"-1 |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown5 iss (BL none) | In (upper) margin of one of (nine) imperforate SS1(s) [known illegal issue] | 2005 | "Eurasiasat"-1 (Turksat-2A, in text, but Arabsat-2/3A type depicted) |
| Somalia | Unknown c (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2002 | "Eurasiasat"-1 (Turksat-2A) (except missing the two antennas on the front of the satellite body) (see Turksat-2A_cover, Turksat-2A_cover2, and Turksat-2A_cover3 for items with the same incorrect depiction of this satellite) |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | "TurkSat-3uSat" (but fantasy depicted) |
| Turkey | 2494 (Mi2913) | One of MS4 (2494a (2491-2494)) | 1990 | Turksat-1 |
| Turkey | 2494a fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Turkey | 2491-2494 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Turkey | 2590 (Mi3010) | 1994 | "Turksat"-1 | |
| Turkey | 2591 (Mi3011) | |||
| Turkey | 2590-2592 fdc | Two stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (Turkish Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Turkey | 2754 (Mi3209) | 2000 | Turksat-1 | |
| Turkey | 2754-2755 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Turkey | 2785 (Mi3251) | 2001 | "Turksat-2A" | |
| Turkey | 2785 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Turkish Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Turkey | 2785 sc | Souvenir card | ||
| Turkey | 3751 (BL210, Mi4368-4639) | MS2 (3751 (a-b)) | 2021 | "Turksat-5A" and "Turksat-5B" (on MS2); "Turksat-3A", "Turksat-4A", "Turksat-4B", "Turksat-5A", "Turksat-5B", and "Turksat-6A" (on cachet) |
| Turkey | 3751 fdc | MS2 and (pictorial) cancel and (Turkish Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 298 fdc (BL9 fdc) | (Blue and black printed) cachet on cover | 1991 | "Turksat"-1 |
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 497 (513) | 2000 | Turksat-1 | |
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 494-497 fdc | One of four stamps and (blue and black printed) cachet (design like stamps) on FDC | ||
| Zaire | Mi1169A-1172A_ms4 Mi1169B-1172B_ms4 | In (upper-left) margin of MS4 (Mi1169A-1172A) In (upper-left) margin of imperforate MS4 (Mi1169B-1172B) | 1997 | "Turksat-10" (but Turksat-1 depicted) |
Below is a list of Turksat-series launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| Turksat (Turkey) | ||||
| 1994-01-24: Turksat-1A (and Eutelsat-2-F5) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1994-01-24 | Kourou | (KPS) cachet on cover | Turksat-1A launch |
| French Guiana | 1994-01-24 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Turksat-1A launch |
| French Guiana | 1994-01-24 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Turksat-1A launch |
| 1994-08-10: Turksat-1B (and Brasilsat-B1) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1994-08-10 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélique) cachet on cover | Turksat-1B launch |
| French Guiana | 1994-08-10 | Kourou | (ArianeSpace/Lollini) cachet on cover | Turksat-1B launch |
| France | 1994-08-11 | Nice | (ArianeSpace/Lollini) cachet on cover | Turksat-1B launch |
| France | 1994-08-11 | Paris | (Lollini) cachet (and signature) on cover | Turksat-1B launch |
| 1996-07-09: Turksat-1C (and Arabsat-2A) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1996-07-09 | Kourou | (KPS) cachet on cover | Turksat-1C launch |
| French Guiana | 1996-07-09 | Kourou | (KPS) cachet (different) on cover | Turksat-1C launch |
| French Guiana | 1996-07-09 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Turksat-1C launch |
| 2001-01-10: Turksat-2A / Eurasiasat-1 | ||||
| France | 2001-01-10 | Nice | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Turksat-2A launch (see Somalia Unknown c 2002) |
| French Guiana | 2001-01-10 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Turksat-2A launch (see Somalia Unknown c 2002) |
| French Guiana | 2001-01-10 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (slightly-different, and signature) on cover | Turksat-2A launch (see Somalia Unknown c 2002) |
| French Guiana | 2001-01-10 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SNECMA) cachet on cover | Turksat-2A launch |
| French Guiana | 2001-01-10 | Kourou | (Philatélie Arianespace) cachet on cover | Turksat-2A launch |
| French Guiana | 2001-01-10 | Kourou | (Conseil de l'Europe?) cachet on cover | Turksat-2A launch |
| 2008-06-12: Turksat-3A (and Skynet-5C) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2008-06-12 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | Turksat-3A launch (but FR-1 depicted) |
| French Guiana | 2008-06-12 | Kourou (text cancel) | (Conseil de l'Europe) cachet on cover | Turksat-3A launch |
| French Guiana | 2008-06-12 | Kourou (pictorial cancel) | (Conseil de l'Europe) cachet on cover | Turksat-3A launch |
| 2013-04-26: Turksat-3uSat (and GF-1 and CubeBug-1 and NEE-01) | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 2013-04-26 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Turksat-3uSat launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 2013-04-26 | ? | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | Turksat-3uSat launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 2013-04-26 | ? | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachets (different) on cover | Turksat-3uSat launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 2013-04-26 | ? | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachets (different) on cover | Turksat-3uSat launch |
| 2021-01-08: Turksat-5A | ||||
| United States | 2021-01-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Turksat-5A launch |
| United States | 2021-01-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover, also back | Turksat-5A launch |
| 2021-12-19: Turksat-5B | ||||
| United States | 2021-12-18 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover, also back | Turksat-5B launch |
| 2024-07-08: Turksat-6A | ||||
| United States | 2024-07-08 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also back | Turksat-6A launch |
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